echocardiograph

Questions

What does echocardiograph mean?

A device that uses ultrasound to produce images of the heart.

Where does echocardiograph come from?

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sweh₂gʰ-der. Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́ Ancient Greek ἠχή (ēkhḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-ṓy Ancient Greek -ώ (-ṓ) Ancient Greek ἠχώ (ēkhṓ)der. English echo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱerd- Proto-Indo-European *ḱḗr Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥díyeh₂ Proto-Hellenic *kərdíyā Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía)lbor. English cardio- Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō) Ancient Greek -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos)der. English -graph English cardiograph English echocardiograph From echo- + cardiograph.

How to pronounce echocardiograph

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